Adjustable stand for flower-pots.



PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906.

A. GRAEFE. ADJUSTABLE STAND FOR FLOWER POTS.

APPLIOATIBK FILED JULY 25. 1905.

ADOLPH GRAEFE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE STAND FOR FLOWER-POTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1906.

Application filed July 25, 1905. Serial No. 271,166.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Anorrn GRAEFE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State oFNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Stands for Flower-Pots, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of adjustable stands for flower-pots which are especially intended to be used for the arrangement and sup ort of flower-pots and other articles for ex 'bition. Supports or stands of this character are designed to be adjusted vertically, so that the flower-pots and their contents can be maintained at the desired elevation.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and improved adjustable stand or support of the class described which will be es ecially inexpensive in construction and wl iich can be readily separated into knockdown condition for economy and conservation of space in trans ortation and packing.

A further object o my invention and improvements is to provide a stand or support of the class set forth which will possess advantages in points of convenience, ease of adjustment, durability, effectiveness, and positive operation and general efiiciency.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the stand or support embodynig my improvements. Fig. 2 1s a vertical trans verse sectional view of the same. Fi s. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are detail horizontal sections views taken, res ectively, on the lines m w, y 'g, 2 z, and w w, ig. 2.

Corres onding parts in all the figures are denoted y the same reference characters.

My improved adjustable stand or support is preferably constructed in its entirety of metal.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a base member which is adapted to rest 11 on the floor and is provided centrally wit a threaded cylindrical opening 2.

3 designates a tubular standard which is mounted vertically upon the base member 1 and is detachably connected therewith by means of a threaded cylindrical lower end 4, engaging with the threaded o ening 2 of the base 1. The standard 3 pre erably consists of a cylindrical tube, as shown.

5 designates a stem which is vertically adjustable ongitudinally Within the standard 3 l and is received by and corresponds to the bore 6 of the standard 3, the stem 5 being in its greatest points of diameter referably a little less than the diameter of t e bore 6, so that the stern can move freely in its adjustable operation Within the bore and will at the same time haveno loose movement or undesir-able extent of movement or play. The stem 5 operatively rejects from the open top end 7 of the tu ular standard 3 and is provided at its top end with a threaded cylindrical extension or projection, as at 8, which is received by a central cylindrical threaded opening 9 in a top table or platform member 10, whereby said member 10 is detachably connected with and mounted upon the stem 5. A circumferential shoulder, as at 11, is preferably provided upon the stem 5 just beneath the top threaded extension 8, upon which shoulder the top platform 10 can rest for purposes of greater security and strength.

The stem 5 is preferably of cylindrical shape and is provided with a longitudinal series of circumferential shoulders 12, spaced at short intervals or distances apart, which shoulders are adapted to be engaged b T a ,tooth upon an adjustment-lever, hereina ter described, whereby the stem is retained in the position of vertical adjustment to which it has been moved. The surface of the stem 5 is preferably circumferentially tapered upwardly between the shoulders, as shown at 14, so that in the o eration of moving the stern for a higher a justment the shoulders 12 will sli past the tooth of the adj ustmentlever, an when it is desired to lower the stem the teeth of the adjustment-lever is moved from contact with the shoulders 12, so that the stem can he slid downwardly within the 5 tubular standard 3, a pawl-and-ratchet connection between the stem and its adj ustmentsupporting means being thus provided.

A special feature of my improvements is that the stem 5 being cylindrical and 100 its shoulders being circumferential and the standard 3 having a cylindrical bore the stem 5, with the table or platform 10, which it carries, can be rotated or turned within the standard 3 at all times or oints of its adj ust- 1o 5 able support, thus enabling convenient exhibition at all sides or points of the flowers which are supported by my improved stand or support.

The adjustment-lever 15 preferably comno prises a yoke 16, the arms 17 17 of which are pivotally connected, as at 18, to the upper end of the tubular standard 3 at diametrically opposite sides, the yoke being extended into an outwardly-projecting finger or thumb piece 19, by which the lever may be operated upon its fulcrum or pivot. Projecting inwardly from the lever 15, preferably at a point centrally between the yoke-arms 17, is an extension 20, forming a tooth 21, which has a beveled end 22, adapted to engage under the shoulders 12 u on the adjustable stem 5, the plane of said bevel 22 being referably such that it will present a flat horizontal surface corresponding to the under surface of the shoulders 12 when the lever is at its lowermost point of rest, as shown in Fig. 2. It will be noted that the under surface 23 of the beveled end 22 will automatically slip past the shoulders 12, sliding over the tapered portion 14, when the stem 5 is drawn upwardly in the bore of the standard 3. The extension 20 and its tooth end 21 project into the bore 6 of the standard 3 and project and operate in connection with the parts 12 and 14 of the stem 5 by means of an opening 24, formed in the wall of the tubular standard.

The detachable top table or platform 10 is ada ted to carry the flower-pot 25, as shown in ig. 2, and for the fpurpose of a more secure rest or contact 0 the flowerpot upon said latform the latter is preferably provided with a radiating series of ribs, as at 26, upon its top surface, which incline downwardly and toward the center, as at 27.

Under some circumstances the threaded connection between the to platform 10 and the stem 5 ma be omitte and the opening 9 of the plat orm 10 and the extension 8 of the stem 5 may be smooth and Without threads, under which conditions the latform 10 will be supported upon the top s oulder 11 of the stem 5 and can be turned or rotated independent of any turning or rotating movement of the stem 5.

The operation and advanta es of my invention and improvements willie readily understood. The stand or support can be adjusted with a wide range vertically. To increase the vertical adjustment, it is only necessar to lift the stem 5 upwardly in the stan ard, when the adjustment-lever will automaticall engage a shoulder of the stem at the desire point of adjustment. To diminish the vertical adjustment, it is only necessary to withdraw the lever from en agement and push the stem downwardly in 1%16 standard until the desired point of adjustment is reached, when the lever is released and engages one of the shoulders of the stem. At all points of vertical adjustment the parts immediately supporting the flower-pot can be turned or rotated to bring the flowers at different points of View. The base [standard stem, and to table or platform can be con veniently anr quickly separated or detached for purposes of packing or transportation.

llaving thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An adjustable support of the class de scribed, comprising a base, a standard projecting from the base and having a c lindrical bore, a cylindrical stem adjustable within said bore and having a series of circumferential shoulders or projections, means carried by the standard for engaging said shoulders, and a table or platform carried by the stem.

2. An adjustable su port of the class described, comprising a base, a standard proecting therefrom and having a c lindrical ore, a cylindrical stem adjustabe within said bore and havin a series of circumferential shoulders or pro ections and a circumferential tapered or beveled surface intermediate between said shoulders and leading thereto, a pawl mechanism carried by the standard and rojecting into operative engagement with said shoulders and ta ered surface, and a table or platform carried by the stem.

3. Anadjustable su port of the class described, comprising a ase, a tubular standard having a separable detachable connec tion with the base, a stem adjustable Within said detachable standard and se arable therefrom, means carried by the stan ard for engaging the stem, and a table or platform separab y and detachably connected to the stem.

4. An adjustable su port of the class described, comprising a base, a tubular cylindrical standard detachably connected with the base, a cylindrical stem adjustable in the cylindrical bore of the tubular standard and separable from the latter, said stem having a circumferential series of projecting shoulders, means carried by the standard for engaging said shoulders, and a table or platform detachably carried by the stem.

5. An adjustable su port of the class described, comprising a base, a tubular cylindrical standard detachably connected with said base, a cylindrical stem adjustable in the corresponding bore of the tubular standard and separable from the latter, said stem having a series of circumferential shoulders and a circumferential tapered or beveled surface intermediate between the shoulders and leading thereto,a pawl mechanism carried b the standard and operatively engaging said s oulders and ta ered surface, and a table or platform detac ably carried by the stem.

6. An adjustable support of the class described, comprising a su porting-base, a standard projecting from tlie base and having a cylindrical bore, a revolving stem adjustable within said bore and having a vertical series of shoulders or projections cirtlons eiremnferentially extending around said stein, means eerried by the standard for engaging said cylindrical shoulders or projectiens at any point of the revolving movement ef the stem, and a table or platform separabl and deteehebly connected to the stem.

in testlmony whereof I have signed my name in the presence ol the subscribing Witmesses.

ADOLPH GRAEFE.

Witnesses J. R. LITTELL, HENRY BEST. 

